Biopatent Law: Patent Strategies and Patent Management

• Main Authors: Hübel, Andreas (Author), Schmelcher, Thilo (Author), Storz, Ulrich (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biotech Patents,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Biotechnology.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Commercial law.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Biochemistry, general.; Commercial Law.

Patents protecting biotechnological invention become ever more important. Because biotechnology has many differences with respect to other technologies, lessons learned in other fields of technology cannot simply be transferred to adopt a suitable strategy for dealing with biotechnology inventions....

Table of Contents:

• Andreas Huebel: General Issues of Biotech Patents
• Thilo Schmelcher: Active and Passive Patent Strategies
• Ulrich Storz: Patent Lifetime Management, SPCs and Data Exclusivity.